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Re:Global shockwaves from electric cars will be here sooner ... by Shivetya on Monday September 11, 2017 @03:56PM (#15221733)
It may require that electric providers require deferred charging, even to the point they set when you can. While you could defer your charging don't expect that everyone will. As we see with charging stations in areas with more EVs there are those who just don't care. We need to instruct future owners the expected etiquette
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Re:Global shockwaves from electric cars will be here sooner ... by paulsutter on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:56PM (#15222258)
Dynamic pricing could work better than etiquette
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Re:Global shockwaves from electric cars will be here sooner ... by jdietrich on Monday September 11, 2017 @05:28PM (#15222518)
In the UK, differential tariffs were introduced in the 1970s for the benefit of homeowners with electric storage heating. On the Economy 7 tariff you get substantially discounted power for a seven hour period overnight, often as much as 50% lower than the peak rate. Pretty much every British EV owner uses this tariff and a timed charger, because it offers huge cost savings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_7

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